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Examples of raw deal in a Sentence
these mice are really getting a raw deal: after we're through using them for our science experiment, they get fed to our snake
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Whether the Blues hiring Montgomery and moving on from Bannister becomes reality or remains a rumor, the remote possibility would be a very raw deal for Bannister.
—Jeremy Rutherford, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
Lil Rel Howery, effortlessly funny in most of his other films, gets an equally raw deal as Moose, the Sancho Panza to Harold’s Don Quixote.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 31 July 2024
But lots of people get raw deals, pick themselves up and get the job done.
—WSJ, 8 Dec. 2023
Selection Sunday madness March sadness: These bubble teams were snubbed by the committee Good break or raw deal?
—Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2023
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First Known Use
1911, in the meaning defined above
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“Raw deal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raw%20deal. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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raw deal
noun
: an instance of unfair treatment
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